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December 11, 2012

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Construction Safety Roundtable of

Eastern Massachusetts

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Thanks to our host

and sponsor!

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Housekeeping Items

• Emergency Exits

• Restrooms

• Cell Phones

• Pledge of Allegiance

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Welcome Guest

Helga Coffey – Plumb House

Erika Hodess – Protocol Management Services

Bud LaRosa – Tocci Building

Christian Murray – Atlantic Bridge

First time attendee self introduction

109 Current Members

• The alliance agreement was renewed and re-signed by

109 active participants between September 2011 and

December 2011.

Construction Safety Roundtable of Eastern

Massachusetts 2012

• Attendance Average = 63 • Low 46 High 75 twice

• Topics:

– LO/TO, Ladders, Update, Subpart CC,

Subpart M, GHS, ICS, Accident response, Hot

Work, National Campaigns

How many people work for OSHA?

2,305 People to make a positive impact on

the lives and Safety and Health of our

nation’s working men and women

Brenda Gordon AD

Timothy Irving - CAS

Peter Barletta - AAD

Maria Lisa Abundo – AAD

Jim Holiday – AAD

Phone: 617-565-6924

Region One – 2012 OSHA Staffing Update, Braintree, MA

Jeff Erskine AD

Carol Bates - CAS

Shelagh Dean - AAD

Tony Covello – AAD

Robert Carbone – AAD

Phone: 978-837-4460

Region One – 2012 OSHA Staffing Update, Andover, MA

Mary Hoye AD

Dale Varney - CAS

Samuel King AAD

Michael Goyda AAD

Phone: 413-785-0123

Region One – 2012 OSHA Staffing Update Springfield, MA

Rose Ohar AD

Andy Palhof CAS

Stephen Rook AAD

George Kilens AAD

Phone: 603-225-1580

Region One – 2012 OSHA Staffing Update, Concord, NH

Patrick Griffin AD

Maryanne Medeiros CAS

Edward Conway AAD

Robert Sestito AAD

Phone: 401-528-4669

Region One – 2012 OSHA Staffing Update, Providence, RI

Marthe Kent - Regional Administrator

Robert Hooper – Deputy RA

Frank Pagliuca – Enforcement Programs and

Technical Support

James Mulligan – Cooperative and State

Programs

Region One – 2012 OSHA Staffing Update, Boston, MA

• Enforcement

• Whistleblower 11 c

• Standard Setting

• Compliance Assistance and Cooperative

Programs

OSHA’s Comprehensive Approach

•Youth

•Hispanic

•Small Business

Targeted Audiences

Emphasis Areas

• Fatality Industry

– Logging

– Drilling Oil and Gas Wells

– Landscaping Services

– Residential Building Construction

– Commercial / Institutional Construction

– Highway, Street and Bridge Construction

Emphasis Areas

• Fatality Hazard

– Falls from elevation

– Trenching

– Struck by

– Powered Industrial Vehicles

– Electrical

National and Special

Emphasis Programs

• NEPs in place

– Combustible Dust

– Flavoring Chemicals/Diacetyl

– Hazardous Machinery

– Hexavalent Chromium

– Lead

– Nursing and Residential Care Facilities

– Primary Metals Industries

National and Special

Emphasis Programs

• NEPs in place

– Process Safety Management

– Recordkeeping

– Silica

– Trenching

– Oil refineries

– Amputations

– Shipbreaking

Emphasis Programs

• REPs in place

– Fall Hazards

– Crystalline Silica in Construction

– Powered Industrial Trucks

– Residential Construction

– Tunneling and Underground Construction

– Mast Climbing Platforms - Braintree, Methuen

Current Focus

• Whistleblower 11 c program

• NFPA 70 E

• Recordkeeping

• Industrial Hygiene

• Ergonomics

• Enforcement

• Globally Harmonized System

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1575

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1360

1204

1029

948

943

840

754

501(b)(13) - M

501(b)(1) - M

1053(b)(1) - X

503(a)(1) - M

100(a) - E

102(a)(1) - E

453(b)(2)(v) - L

451(g)(1) - L

451(e)(1) - L

451(b)(1) - L

Most Frequently Cited Serious Violations

in Construction 2011

Number of Serious

Violations - FY 2011

Aerial Lifts - Body belt and lanyard

Head protection

Portable ladders 3 feet above landing surface

Eye & face protection

Fall hazards training program

Scaffolds - Fall protection

Fall protection - Unprotected sides & edges

Fall protection – Residential construction 6’ or more

Scaffolds - Platform construction

Scaffolds - Access

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Note: The charts do not include information entered into the new OSHA Information System (OIS).

Massachusetts SIC 15 – General Contractors 2012

Region One SIC 15 – General Contractors 2012

$ 1,705.00 per Citation

$ 4,737.00 per Inspection

Massachusetts SIC 17 – Sub Contractors 2012

SIC Code 17 - Subcontractors

$ 1,925.00 per Citation

$ 5,210.00 per Inspection

Total Inspections 2010

through 2012 Comparison as of 09/30/2011

2010 2011 2012

Federal 40,830 35,629 40,761

Regional 4,234 3,937 3,651

Massachusetts 1,782 1,633 1,684

FY 2009/2011 Penalties

Average Serious Violation

as of 09/30/2011

2010 2011 2012

Federal $1,090 $2,225 $2,251

Regional $1,235 $2,139 $2,357

Massachusetts $1,154 $2,301 $2,496

FY 2010/2011 Penalties

Average Serious Violation as of 09/30/2011

2010 2011 2012

BSAO $1,170 $1,886 $2,399

BNAO $1,174 $2,803 $2,732

SAO $1,118 $2,214 $2,359

Total Inspections FY end

2011/2012 Comparison

• 2012 Massachusetts Inspections

1,584

– Braintree 662

• 58% construction

– Andover 529

• 63% construction

– Springfield 393

• 62% construction

• 2011 Massachusetts Inspections

1,567

– Braintree 632

• 55% construction

– Andover 549

• 62% construction

– Springfield 452

• 64% construction

Standard Setting - ACCSH

Directorate of

Construction Standards

Pre-rule

• Backing

Operations

Directorate of Construction

Standards

Pre-Rule

• Reinforcing and

Post-Tensioned

Steel Construction

Standard Setting

• Final Rules on Construction

– Confined Space

– Cranes and Derricks in Underground

construction and demolition

Standard Setting

• Directives under development

– Highway work zones

– PPE

– Cranes and Derricks

– Construction Chapter of FOM

– Excavation and Trenching

Standard Setting

Standards Improvement Process

(SIPs) IV

• Remove or revise duplicative, unnecessary,

and inconsistent safety and health standards

• Without reducing workers' safety and health

or imposing any additional economic burden

on employers

Directorate of

Construction Standards

• Final rules focused on construction

– Cranes and derricks in underground construction and demolition

– Cranes and derricks, digger derrick exemption

– Cranes and derricks technical corrections

– Confined spaces

Construction Directives Under

Development

• Cranes and derricks

• Personal protective equipment

• Construction chapter to FOM

• Excavations/trenching

Top 10 Crane Standards Cited

1. 1926.1428(a)

– Signal person not qualified

2. 1926.1425(c)(3)

– Materials not rigged by a qualified rigger

3. 1926.1428((a)(3)

– No documentation for the signal person

4. 1926.1412(f)(1)

– No annual inspections performed by a qualified person

5. 1926.1408(a)(2)

– No determination for working radius closer than 20 feet to a

power line.

Top 10 Crane Standards Cited

6. 1926.1417(c)(1)

– Operators manual, load charts, hazard warnings , etc.. not in the cab at

all times

7. 1926.1412(d)(1)

– A determination for safety was not made by competent person after a

deficiency was noted during a visual inspection.

8. 1926.1412(e)(3)i)

– Monthly crane inspection results, missing or signed documentation not

maintained

9. 1926.1412(f)(2)

– Inspections not performed annually by a qualified person or as specified

10. 1926.1411(f)(2)(xvii)

– Missing labels supplied by the manufacturer

Crane Letters of Interpretation

• Hours of equipment operation versus practical exam for recertification

• Operation of cranes derated by the manufacturer

• Typical vertical mast forklift used with hoisting attachments

Crane Letters of Interpretation

• Mast Climbing Scaffold used with hoisting

attachments

• Identifying a work zone when working near a

power line

• Apprenticeship programs used to qualify riggers

and signal persons

Topics for Future FAQs and

Interpretations

All are in various stages of research and

concurrence. Topics include:

• Extended reach forklifts used as a crane

• Service drops

• DC voltage

• Articulating knuckle-boom cranes

• Lifting burial vaults

• Crane capacity and operator certification

Compliance Assistance

• WWW.OSHA.gov has over 200 Million

hits

• ACCSH recommends a review of the 2-

hour “Introduction to OSHA” and asks to

be consulted before any major changes to

training programs.

• Social media as a major component of the

agency’s outreach program

Front

Back

Poster

Tool Box Stickers

Pocket Cards

DOC Fall Prevention Campaign

Update

Residential Construction Fall Protection

Products Under Development

• Roofing safe work practices

• Two Videos from the State of Washington

• Miscellaneous English to Spanish translations

for video and outreach products

General Construction Fall Protection

Products Under Development

Publications Subpart M - Fall Protection Guidance Document

Fact Sheets • Extension Ladders

• Step/A Frame ladders

• Job Made Ladders

• Narrow Frame Scaffolds (Baker/Perry)

• Tube and Coupler Scaffold

• Pump Jack Scaffold

Region I Training Professional Certifications 2012

CSP/CIH 5

Region-wide

certifications

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ASP 1

CSP 16

CIH 10

OHST 6

CHST 3

Ph.D. 2

CFPS 1

Some staff hold dual certifications 38 total

Congratulations

VPP Awards

Hanscom AFB

Mentor of the Year

Steve Jocher

SGE of the Year

Evonik Cyro LLC

Hasbro Global

RA Award

Congratulations

Johns Mansville, Lewiston, Maine

Congratulations

Kiewit Construction

VPP Region I/National Comparison

VPP Site Region I National

Star 84 2,258

Merit 0 51

Demo/Mobil 1 61

Total 85 (includes 8

VOSHA sites)

2,370

No. of

Employees

58,166 919,433

VPP Number of Sites

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94 99 102

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Fiscal Year

VPP Withdrawals by Calendar Year

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Reasons for FY12

Withdrawals

National FAT/CAT

• In FY 2011 there were 1,002 FAT/CAT

inspections in the construction industry

– 2.4 % of the 40,925 construction inspections

– Fed Jurisdiction;

• 255 OF 20,146 inspections were FAT/CAT or 1.3%

Region One Fatalities

By Fiscal Year

37 as September 30, 2012

2012 Region One Fatal Accidents

Industry Sector - September

2012 Region One Fatal Accidents

High Hazard – September

2012 Region One Fatal Accidents

Area Office – September

QR Codes on

OSHA’s

Material

NIOSH Nail Gun Guide in Spanish

OSHA Heat Smartphone App

• Available:

– Android Market

– I Phone

– Blackberry

• Can be downloaded at: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatillness/h

eat_index/heat_app.html

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Thanks again to our host

and sponsor!

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